Gov. Mike Pence's administration plans to create a Food and Agriculture Innovation Corridor, designed to help create jobs and develop business in the state's rural areas.

Written by

Sue Ellspermann

As lieutenant governor and Indiana's secretary of agriculture and rural affairs, I am happy to respond to the question of Indiana's rural strategy posed in The Indianapolis Star's April 14 editorial. As many know, rural Indiana has lost jobs and population and struggles with "brain drain" as our young adults take their talents elsewhere. I was raised and live in one of those small towns where we have worked hard to defy the downward trends. I know we can achieve the vision of a vibrant, prosperous and welcoming rural Indiana, and I'd like to share our strategies for getting there.